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Smartphones

When rest provokes guilt and leisure is monetised

We are living in an age that celebrates being busy as if it were a badge of honour. The most common answer to “How are you?” is no longer “I am well,” but “I am busy.” To be occupied every hour of the day is seen as proof of importance.

Awareness programme highlights risks of smartphone use

An awareness programme was organised by the Bharat Sevashram Sangha’s child development centre in Dhulagarh to inform expectant mothers about the potential adverse effects of excessive smartphone use on the developing nervous system of babies in the womb.

Users or used?

The legitimisation for the increased use of government surveillance measures means that we are all sleepwalking into mass surveillance.